Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department - Days

Missouri Delta Medical Center; Sikeston (MO); Sur place; USD 60 000 - 86 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO seeks an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) for the Emergency Department, day shifts. The role emphasizes directing nursing care, coordinating with the care team, and providing patient/family education.

You will participate in quality improvement, discharge planning, and medication administration, ensuring safe, high-quality care. The ideal candidate holds a nursing degree (BSN preferred), Missouri RN licensure, and BLS certification.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an approved school of nursing; BSN preferred.
• BLS training.
• Possess current licensure by Missouri State Board of Nursing.
• Must have knowledge to provide age-appropriate care.
• PHYSICAL: Standing, walking, lifting, vision, hearing, speaking requirements.

Responsabilités

• Prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care for patients using the nursing process.
• Provides leadership by working with the care team and other departments to uphold standards of practice.
• Participates in Quality Improvement.
• Involves patient/family teaching and discharge planning.
• Directs and evaluates nursing care; leads unit-level decision making.

Connaissances

Nursing care

Leadership

Quality Improvement

Patient education

Discharge planning

Medication administration

Assessment skills

Communication

Oncology chemotherapy

Unit supervision

Formation

BSN preferred

BLS certification

Description du poste

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Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department - Days

Full-Time Professional Hospital, Sikeston, MO, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 2024

BASIC FUNCTIONS OF POSITION:

• Prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care for patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary departments and other patient care team members in maintaining Standards for Clinical Practice and Standards of Patient Care in the clinical setting.
• Participates in Quality Improvement.
• Participates in patient/family teaching and discharge planning.
• Directs, supervises and evaluates nursing care provided. Leads and facilitates decision making at the unit level.
• Assigns nursing care to team members in accordance with patient’s needs and nursing staff competencies and qualifications.
• Competently performs core and specific skills.
• Provides one unit based education to staff annually.
• Competently administers medications with knowledge of action, mode of administration, side effects, and contraindications.
• Implements, transcribes, and/or countersigns physician orders.
• Utilizes assessment skills to identify biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, selfcare, discharge planning, spiritual and educational needs of patient, family, and/or significant other.
• Communicates pertinent unit activities, work load fluctuations/staffing, and difficult situations.
• Makes patient rounds with physicians and assists with diagnostic tests and procedures.
• Identifies learning opportunities for self and others.
• Promotes good public relations for the nursing department/hospital.
• Competently assumes an active role in the safe, effective administration of oncology chemotherapy, understands mechanism of action, modes of administration, dosage calculation and contraindication.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION: Graduate from an approved school of nursing; BSN preferred. BLS training.

LICENSE: Possess current licensure by Missouri State Board of Nursing.

SPECIAL:

PATIENT CONTACT: Must have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

STANDING: Majority of shift spent standing.

WALKING: Considerable amount of time spent walking.

LIFTING: Must use good body mechanics to independently lift or in certain situations, assist with lifting/transferring a patient.

VISUAL: Must have ability to read physician orders and observe patient care areas; utilize inspection skills during patient assessment.

HEARING: Must be able to receive/comprehend telephone calls; auscultate and percuss during physical assessment.

SPEAKING: Talking is essential in instructing and supervising nursing personnel, communicating physician orders and addressing patient/family needs and/or requests.